Miracle Max: Whoo-hoo-hoo, look who knows so much. It just so happens that your friend here is only MOSTLY dead. There’s a big difference between mostly dead and all dead. Mostly dead is slightly alive. With all dead, well, with all dead there’s usually only one thing you can do.

Inigo Montoya: What’s that?

Miracle Max: Go through his clothes and look for loose change.

11 posted on 08/02/2013 1:43:45 AM PDT by outofsalt
("If History teaches us anything it's that history rarely teaches us anything")

Person death occurs before death of individual cells, which is why it is possible to resuscitate people after their heart or breathing stops. However, cells begin to die soon after person death, and once cells die, there is no bringing them back. The process of rigor mortis is a sign of cell death, where the motor proteins become locked after the cell depletes its energy. Brain cells use more energy than other cells, so they use up their stores very quickly and die within minutes.

18 posted on 08/02/2013 3:23:33 AM PDT by exDemMom
(Now that I've finally accepted that I'm living a bad hair life, I'm more at peace with the world.)